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There is a large gap in entrepreneurship research when it comes to human capital data analytics. However, organizational sciences have made significant advancements in this area.
List of contents
Introduction. Work Analysis-based Job Descriptions: The Secret to Finding the Right Startup Talent at the Right Time. Identifying and Measuring Entrepreneurial Talent in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Professional Human Capital Development for Startup Founders and Workers. Selection and Training for Teamwork: Implications for Diverse, Virtual, and Human-Machine Teams. Human Capital Due Diligence: Leveraging Psychometric Testing for Wiser Investment Decisions. Opportunity or Threat? Entrepreneurs’ Well-Being and Performance in the Data-Driven Era. Using Data to Build More Diverse, Equitable, And Inclusive Startups. An Introduction to the Utilization and Application of Text Analysis. Promoting Well-Being and Innovation in Startups: The Role of the Social Environment. Understanding the Basics of Startup Development Organizations. Cultures of Evaluation: Leveraging Academia for Due Diligence in Angel Investments. More Than Money: Considering Nonfinancial Measures of Organizational Performance in Startups. Incentivizing Investors to Make Impactful Investments: Introducing a Model for Impact-Linked Carry. The Answer to Decreasing the Startup Failure Rate: Human Capital.
About the author
Dr. Nikki Blacksmith is Co-Founder and CEO of Blackhawke Behavior Science and an adjunct faculty member at American University in Washington, DC. She serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the U.S. Army Research Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences and is on the Board of Directors of a Sembramos, a nonprofit dedicated to building antiracist organizations. She is an Associate Editor for the journal Personnel Assessments and Decisions, a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Business and Psychology, and serves in multiple leadership roles for the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology. Dr. Blacksmith received her M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and her Ph.D. from the George Washington University in Industrial-Organizational Psychology.
Dr. Maureen E. McCusker is Co-Founder & COO of Blackhawke Behavior Science and Senior Research Analyst at Virginia Commonwealth University. As an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, she has spent the last decade working with and studying leaders and teams in organizations from a wide variety of sectors, including corporate Fortune 500, medical, legal, academic, military, and non-profit. She has earned several awards and grants for scholarly research from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Virginia Tech, and the Department of Defense. Dr. McCusker serves as a Senior Research Fellow for the U.S. Army Research Institute. She holds a Ph.D. and a M.S. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Virginia Tech and a B.A. in Psychology and French from Georgetown University.
Summary
There is a large gap in entrepreneurship research when it comes to human capital data analytics. However, organizational sciences have made significant advancements in this area.
